Yeah, many of those local PCI affiliates are in the Northwest. It would be interesting to take a poll someday of where TOD readers are located. As for Philly, I can report that we're officially interested in running a local TOD site. Since TOD offers a great format & gets high traffic anyway, I expect other communities will come on board eventually. Best perhaps to let it grow organically & screen potentials to keep out nuts & trolls. If we can set a trend where local TODs are relatively oriented towards eco/sustainable solutions, I think that would be a great contribution to the PO network as a whole...
My suggestion is to start a blog on blogspot. It is really easy to do. We can get a taste of your writings, and then like we did with my old site we can merge you guys in. I will definitely make sure we send all the philly, southern Jersey, eastern PA people your way!